# Connacht Senior Football Championship

The Connacht Senior Football Championship, known simply as the Connacht Championship and shortened to Connacht SFC, is an annual Gaelic football competition for the senior county teams of Connacht GAA. All of the county teams of Connacht participate in the championship, as well as London and New York. The winning team receives the Nestor Cup.
The Connacht SFC is run on a knock-out basis through which teams are eliminated from the competition. A series of games are played during the summer months and the final is played in June or July. The winner and runner-up progresses directly to the All-Ireland SFC Group Stage. Before 2020, all losing teams progressed to the All-Ireland SFC Qualifiers, while, prior to 2001, the All-Ireland SFC was a straight knock-out format, which meant all losing teams were eliminated after a single defeat.
Galway are the three-time title holder, having defeated Mayo by 0–16 to 0–15 in the 2024 final.

## History

Galway are Connacht's most successful county, with 50 Connacht SFC titles and 9 All-Ireland SFC titles. Mayo are next, with 47 Connacht SFC titles and 3 All-Ireland SFC titles. Roscommon have won the Connacht SFC title 24 times, most recently in 2019, as well having won 2 All-Ireland SFC titles. Apart from those three, no other team competing in Connacht has won an All-Ireland SFC title.
Sligo have won the Nestor Cup three times, most recently in 2007. Leitrim have won the competition twice, most recently in 1994.
London have competed in the Connacht SFC since 1975, while New York joined in 1999. In this time London have managed three victories: one in 1977 and two in 2013, against Sligo and Leitrim. New York recorded their first, and, so far, only, victory in the championship over Leitrim in 2023.
The competing counties play for the JJ Nestor Cup, which is presented to the winning captain on Connacht Final Day.

### Connacht SFC moments

* Leitrim 0–12 – 2–4 Mayo (24 July 1994):
* Sligo 1–10 – 0–12 Galway (8 July 2007):
* Mayo 5–11 – 0–10 London (21 July 2013):
* New York 0–15 pen – 0–15 Leitrim (8 April 2023):

## Teams
### 2025 Championship

Seven counties will compete in the 2025 Connacht Senior Football Championship: the five counties in the Irish province of Connacht and the two foreign-based teams of London and New York.
| County team | Location | Stadium | Province | Pos. 2024 | Champ. titles | Last champ. title | All-Ire. titles | Last All-Ire. title |
| Galway | Galway | Pearse Stadium | Connacht | Winner | 50 | 2024 | 9 | 2001 |
| Leitrim | Carrick-on-Shannon | Páirc Seán Mac Diarmada | Connacht | Quarter-finalist | 2 | 1994 | 0 | — |
| London | South Ruislip | McGovern Park | Britain | Quarter-finalist | 0 | — | 0 | — |
| Mayo | Castlebar | MacHale Park | Connacht | Finalist | 48 | 2021 | 3 | 1951 |
| New York | Bronx | Gaelic Park | North America | Quarter-finalist | 0 | — | 0 | — |
| Roscommon | Roscommon | Dr Hyde Park | Connacht | Semi-finalist | 24 | 2019 | 2 | 1944 |
| Sligo | Sligo | Markievicz Park | Connacht | Semi-finalist | 3 | 2007 | 0 | — |

### List of teams

The following teams have competed in the Connacht SFC for at least one season.
| Team | App. | Debut | Most recent | Connacht SFC titles | Last Connacht SFC title | Best Connacht SFC result |
| Galway | — | 1900 | 2024 | 49 | 2022 | Winner |
| Leitrim | — | 1906 | 2024 | 2 | 1994 | Winner |
| London | — | 1975 | 2024 | 0 | — | Runner-up |
| Mayo | — | 1901 | 2024 | 48 | 2021 | Winner |
| New York | 24 | 1999 | 2024 | 0 | — | Semi-finalist |
| Roscommon | — | 1901 | 2024 | 24 | 2019 | Winner |
| Sligo | — | 1905 | 2024 | 3 | 2007 | Winner |

### Personnel and kits

| County team | Manager | Captain(s) | Sponsors |
| Galway | Pádraic Joyce | Seán Kelly | Supermac's |
| Leitrim | Micheal Grahame | Donal Wrynn | J. P. Clarke's Saloon, New York |
| London | Michael Maher | Liam Gavaghan | Clayton Hotel |
| Mayo | Kevin McStay | Paddy Durcan | Intersport Elverys |
| New York | Johnny McGeeney | Johnny Glynn | Navillus |
| Roscommon | Davy Burke | Brian Stack | Ballymore |
| Sligo | Tony McEntee | | AbbVie |

## List of finals
### Legend

* All-Ireland SFC winner
* All-Ireland SFC runner-up

### List of Connacht SFC finals

| Year | Date | Winner | Winner | Runner-up | Runner-up | Venue | Winning captain | Winning margin | Referee | Attendance |
| Year | Date | County team | Score | County team | Score | Venue | Winning captain | Winning margin | Referee | Attendance |
| 1900 | | Galway | | | | | | | | |
| 1901 | 9 November 1902 | Mayo | 2-4 | Galway | 0-3 | Claremorris | | 7 | | |
| 1902 | | Galway | | | | | | | | |
| 1903 | 23 April 1905 | Roscommon | 1-2 | Mayo | 0-4 | Claremorris | | 1 | | |
| 1904 | 23 April 1905 | Mayo | 3-6 | Roscommon | 0-1 | Claremorris | | 14 | | |
| 1905 | 27 May 1906 | Roscommon | 0-7 | Mayo | 0-5 | Tuam | | 2 | | |
| 1906 | 7 April 1907 | Mayo | 2-13 | Roscommon | 0-5 | Claremorris | | 14 | | |
| 1907 | 26 May 1908 | Mayo | 3-9 | Galway | 0-1 | Tuam | | 17 | | |
| 1908 | 31 January 1909 | Mayo | 2-5 | Galway | 0-4 | Tuam | | 7 | | |
| 1909 | 30 October 1910 | Mayo | 1-4 | Galway | 0-3 | Ballina | | 4 | | |
| 1910 | 6 November | Galway | 1-3 | Roscommon | 1-2 | Athlone | | 2 | | |
| 1911 | 24 September | Galway | won | Mayo | scr | Claremorris | | | | |
| 1912 | 15 September | Roscommon | 0-2 | Galway | 0-0 | Castlerea | | 2 | | |
| 1913 | 28 September | Galway | 1-2 | Mayo | 0-3 | Castlerea | | 2 | | |
| 1914 | 17 October 1915 | Roscommon | 1-2 | Leitrim | 0-1 | Boyle | | 4 | | |
| 1915 | 26 September | Mayo | 3-1 | Roscommon | 1-3 | Castlerea | | 1 | | |
| 1916 | 1 October | Mayo | 1-5 | Roscommon | 0-3 | Castlerea | | 5 | | |
| 1917 | 7 October | Galway | 1-4 | Mayo | 1-1 | Castlerea | | 4 | | |
| 1918 | 22 September | Mayo | 0-4 | Galway | 0-1 | Castlerea | | 3 | | |
| 1919 | 3 August | Galway | 1-6 | Roscommon | 0-5 | Tuam | | 4 | | |
| 1920 | 22 August | Mayo | 2-3 | Sligo | 1-4 | Castlerea | | 2 | | |
| 1921 | 25 March 1923 | Mayo | 1-4 | Roscommon | 0-1 | Castlerea | | 7 | | |
| 1922 | 30 September 1923 | Galway | 1-7 2-4 * | Sligo | 3-2 2-2 | Croke Park | | 2 | | |
| 1923 | 4 May 1924 | Mayo | 0-3 | Galway | 0-2 | Tuam | | 1 | | |
| 1924 | 9 November | Mayo | 0-1 2-6 (R) | Galway | 0-1 0-5 (R) | Tuam | | 7 | | |
| 1925 | 18 October | Galway | 1-5 | Mayo | 1-3 | Tuam | | 2 | | |
| 1926 | 11 July | Galway | 3-2 | Mayo | 1-2 | Roscommon | | 6 | | |
| 1927 | 7 August | Leitrim | 2-4 | Galway | 0-3 | Roscommon | | 7 | | |
| 1928 | 5 August | Sligo | 1-4 | Mayo | 0-6 | Tuam | | 1 | | |
| 1929 | 21 July | Mayo | 1-6 | Galway | 0-4 | Roscommon | | 5 | | |
| 1930 | 10 August | Mayo | 1-7 | Sligo | 1-2 | Tuam | | 5 | | |
| 1931 | 9 August | Mayo | 2-10 | Roscommon | 3-2 | Sligo | | 8 | | |
| 1932 | 7 August | Mayo | 2-6 | Sligo | 0-7 | Tuam | | 5 | | |
| 1933 | 23 July | Galway | 1-7 | Mayo | 1-5 | Castlerea | Michael Donnellan | 2 | | |
| 1934 | 22 July | Galway | 2-4 | Mayo | 0-5 | Castlerea | Michael Higgins | 5 | | |
| 1935 | 21 July | Mayo | 0-12 | Galway | 0-5 | Roscommon | | 7 | | |
| 1936 | 2 August | Mayo | 2-4 2-7 (R) | Galway | 1-7 1-4 (R) | St. Coman's Park | Séamus O'Malley | 6 | | |
| 1937 | 18 July | Mayo | 3-5 | Galway | 0-8 | St. Coman's Park | | 6 | | |
| 1938 | 17 July | Galway | 0-8 | Mayo | 0-5 | St. Coman's Park | John "Tull" Dunne | 3 | | |
| 1939 | 16 July | Mayo | 2-6 * | Galway | 0-3 | St. Coman's Park | | 9 | | |
| 1940 | 21 July | Galway | 1-7 | Mayo | 0-5 | St. Coman's Park | John "Tull" Dunne | 5 | | |
| 1941 | 20 July | Galway | 0-8 | Roscommon | 1-4 | St. Coman's Park | Dinny O'Sullivan | 1 | | |
| 1942 | 19 July | Galway | 2-6 | Roscommon | 3-2 | Ballinasloe | Charlie Connolly | 4 | | |
| 1943 | 18 July | Roscommon | 2-6 | Galway | 0-8 | St. Coman's Park | Jimmy Murray | 6 | | |
| 1944 | 6 August | Roscommon | 2-11 | Mayo | 1-6 | Tuam | Jimmy Murray | 8 | | |
| 1945 | 22 July | Galway | 2-6 | Mayo | 1-7 | St. Coman's Park | | 2 | | |
| 1946 | 11 August | Roscommon | 1-4 1-9* | Mayo | 0-6 1-2 | St. Coman's Park | Jimmy Murray | 7 | | |
| 1947 | 20 July | Roscommon | 2-12 | Sligo | 1-8 | Ballina | | 7 | | |
| 1948 | 25 July | Mayo | 2-4 2-10 (R) | Galway | 1-7 2-7 (R) | St. Coman's Park | John Forde | 3 | | |
| 1949 | 31 July | Mayo | 4-6 | Leitrim | 0-3 | St. Coman's Park | | 15 | | |
| 1950 | 16 July | Mayo | 1-7 | Roscommon | 0-4 | St Jarlath's Park | Seán Flanagan | 6 | | |
| 1951 | 15 July | Mayo | 4-13 | Galway | 2-3 | St Jarlath's Park | Seán Flanagan | 14 | | |
| 1952 | 13 July | Roscommon | 3-5 | Mayo | 0-6 | MacHale Park | | 8 | | |
| 1953 | 19 July | Roscommon | 1-6 | Mayo | 0-6 | St. Coman's Park | | 3 | | |
| 1954 | 18 July | Galway | 2-10 | Sligo | 3-4 | St Jarlath's Park | | 3 | | |
| 1955 | 17 July | Mayo | 3-11 | Roscommon | 1-3 | St Jarlath's Park | | 14 | | |
| 1956 | 15 July | Galway | 3-12 | Sligo | 1-5 | Markievicz Park | Jack Mangan | 14 | | |
| 1957 | 14 July | Galway | 4-8 | Leitrim | 0-4 | Pearse Stadium | | 20 | | |
| 1958 | 13 July | Galway | 2-10 | Leitrim | 1-11 | St. Coman's Park | | 2 | | |
| 1959 | 9 August | Galway | 5-8 | Leitrim | 0-12 | Markievicz Park | Seán Purcell | 9 | | |
| 1960 | 10 July | Galway | 2-5 | Leitrim | 0-5 | Markievicz Park | | 6 | | |
| 1961 | 9 July | Roscommon | 1-11 | Galway | 2-7 | MacHale Park | | 1 | | |
| 1962 | 22 July | Roscommon | 3-7 | Galway | 2-9 | MacHale Park | Gerry O'Malley | 1 | | |
| 1963 | 14 July | Galway | 4-11 | Leitrim | 1-8 | MacHale Park | Mick Garrett | 12 | | |
| 1964 | 19 July | Galway | 2-12 | Mayo | 1-5 | St Jarlath's Park | John Donnellan | 10 | | |
| 1965 | 1 August | Galway | 1-12 | Sligo | 2-6 | St Jarlath's Park | Enda Colleran | 3 | | |
| 1966 | 17 July | Galway | 0-12 | Mayo | 1-8 | MacHale Park | Enda Colleran | 1 | | |
| 1967 | 16 July | Mayo | 4-15 | Leitrim | 0-7 | St Jarlath's Park | | 20 | | |
| 1968 | 21 July | Galway | 2-10 | Mayo | 2-9 | MacHale Park | | 1 | | |
| 1969 | 3 August | Mayo | 0–11 1-11 (14) | Galway | 1-8 1-8 (11) | MacHale Park | | 3 | | |
| 1970 | 12 July | Galway | 2-15 (21) | Roscommon | 1-8 (11) | Pearse Stadium | | 10 | | |
| 1971 | 25 July | Galway | 2–15 1-17 (R) | Sligo | 2–15 3-10 (R) | MacHale Park | Liam Sammon | 1 | | |
| 1972 | 16 July | Roscommon | 5-8 | Mayo | 3-10 | MacHale Park | | 4 | | |
| 1973 | 8 July | Galway | 1-17 | Mayo | 2-12 | MacHale Park | Liam Sammon | 2 | | |
| 1974 | 14 July | Galway | 2-14 | Roscommon | 0-8 | Pearse Stadium | Gay Mitchell | 12 | | |
| 1975 | 20 July | Sligo | 2–10 2-10 (R) | Mayo | 1–13 0-15 (R) | MacHale Park | Barnes Murphy | 1 | | |
| 1976 | 18 July | Galway | 1-8 1-14 (R) | Roscommon | 1-8 0-9 (R) | St Jarlath's Park | | 5 | | |
| 1977 | 10 July | Roscommon | 1-12 | Galway | 2-8 | Dr Hyde Park | | 14 | | |
| 1978 | 9 July | Roscommon | 2-7 | Galway | 0-9 | Pearse Stadium | | 4 | | |
| 1979 | 15 July | Roscommon | 3-15 | Mayo | 2-10 | MacHale Park | | 9 | | |
| 1980 | 13 July | Roscommon | 3-13 | Mayo | 0-8 | Dr Hyde Park | Danny Murray | 14 | | |
| 1981 | 12 July | Mayo | 0-12 | Sligo | 0-4 | MacHale Park | | 8 | | |
| 1982 | 11 July | Galway | 3-17 | Mayo | 0-10 | St Jarlath's Park | Gay McManus | 16 | | |
| 1983 | 17 July | Galway | 1-13 | Mayo | 1-10 | MacHale Park | Séamus McHugh | 3 | | |
| 1984 | 8 July | Galway | 2-13 | Mayo | 2-9 | Pearse Stadium | Séamus McHugh | 4 | | |
| 1985 | 14 July | Mayo | 2-11 | Roscommon | 0-8 | Dr Hyde Park | | 9 | | |
| 1986 | 13 July | Galway | 1-8 | Roscommon | 1-5 | Dr Hyde Park | Tomás Tierney | 3 | | |
| 1987 | 12 July | Galway | 0-8 | Mayo | 0-7 | MacHale Park | Val Daly | 1 | | |
| 1988 | 24 July | Mayo | 1-12 | Roscommon | 0-8 | Dr Hyde Park | Dermot Flanagan | 7 | | |
| 1989 | 30 July | Mayo | 0–12 3-14 (R) | Roscommon | 1-9 2-13 (R) | Dr Hyde Park | Jimmy Browne | 4 | | |
| 1990 | 22 July | Roscommon | 0-16 | Galway | 1-11 | Dr Hyde Park | Paul Earley | 2 | | 18,000 |
| 1991 | 28 July | Roscommon | 0–14 0-13 (R) | Mayo | 0–14 1-9 (R) | Dr Hyde Park | John Newton | 1 | | 25,000 24,000 (R) |
| 1992 | 26 July | Mayo | 1-14 | Roscommon | 0-10 | MacHale Park | Peter Ford | 7 | | 30,000 |
| 1993 | 25 July | Mayo | 1-5 | Roscommon | 0-7 | Dr Hyde Park | Kevin Beirne | 1 | | 26,000 |
| 1994 | 24 July | Leitrim | 0-12 | Mayo | 2-4 | Dr Hyde Park | Declan Darcy | 2 | | 18,271 |
| 1995 | 23 July | Galway | 0-17 | Mayo | 1-7 | St Jarlath's Park | Jarlath Fallon | 7 | | 17,000 |
| 1996 | 21 July | Mayo | 3-9 | Galway | 1-11 | MacHale Park | Noel Connelly | 4 | | |
| 1997 | 3 August | Mayo | 0-11 | Sligo | 1-7 | Dr Hyde Park | Noel Connelly | 1 | | 22,000 |
| 1998 | 1 August | Galway | 0–11 1-17 (R) | Roscommon | 0–11 0-17 (R) | Dr Hyde Park | Ray Silke | 3 | | 25,000 30,000 (R) |
| 1999 | 18 July | Mayo | 1-14 | Galway | 1-10 | St Jarlath's Park | Kenneth Mortimer | 4 | | 31,000 |
| 2000 | 30 July | Galway | 1-13 | Leitrim | 0-8 | Dr Hyde Park | Pádraic Joyce | 8 | | 28,000 |
| 2001 | 1 July | Roscommon | 2-10 | Mayo | 1-12 | Dr Hyde Park | Fergal O'Donnell | 1 | | 28,000 |
| 2002 | 30 June | Galway | 1-11 | Sligo | 0-11 | MacHale Park | Pádraic Joyce | 3 | | 14,000 |
| 2003 | 6 July | Galway | 1-14 | Mayo | 0-13 | Pearse Stadium | Kevin Walsh | 4 | | |
| 2004 | 18 July | Mayo | 2-13 | Roscommon | 0-9 | MacHale Park | Fergal Costello | 10 | | 34,790 |
| 2005 | 10 July | Galway | 0-10 | Mayo | 0-8 | Pearse Stadium | Pádraic Joyce | 2 | | 29,711 |
| 2006 | 16 July | Mayo | 0-12 | Galway | 1-8 | MacHale Park | David Heaney | 1 | | 34,613 |
| 2007 | 8 July | Sligo | 1-10 | Galway | 0-12 | Dr Hyde Park | Noel McGuire | 1 | | 11,317 |
| 2008 | 13 July | Galway | 2-12 | Mayo | 1-14 | MacHale Park | Pádraic Joyce | 1 | | 31,789 |
| 2009 | 19 July | Mayo | 2-12 | Galway | 1-14 | Pearse Stadium | Trevor Mortimer | 1 | | 25,627 |
| 2010 | 18 July | Roscommon | 0-14 | Sligo | 0-13 | MacHale Park | Peter Domican | 1 | Jimmy White (Donegal) | 25,300 |
| 2011 | 17 July | Mayo | 0-13 | Roscommon | 0-11 | Dr Hyde Park | Alan Dillon | 2 | Michael Collins (Cork) | 25,609 |
| 2012 | 15 July | Mayo | 0-12 | Sligo | 0-10 | Dr Hyde Park | Andy Moran | 2 | Cormac Reilly (Meath) | 23,257 |
| 2013 | 21 July | Mayo | 5-11 | London | 0-10 | MacHale Park | Andy Moran | 16 | Conor Lane (Cork) | 21,274 |
| 2014 | 13 July | Mayo | 3-14 | Galway | 0-16 | MacHale Park | Andy Moran | 7 | Rory Hickey (Clare) | 26,738 |
| 2015 | 19 July | Mayo | 6-25 | Sligo | 2-11 | Dr Hyde Park | Keith Higgins | 26 | Padraig O'Sullivan (Kerry) | 23,196 |
| 2016 | 17 July | Galway | 0–13 3-16 (R) | Roscommon | 1–10 0-14(R) | MacHale Park | Gary O'Donnell | 11 (R) | Ciaran Branagan (Down) | 24,324 15,960 (R) |
| 2017 | 9 July | Roscommon | 2-15 | Galway | 0-12 | Pearse Stadium | Ciarán Murtagh | 9 | David Gough (Meath) | 18,287 |
| 2018 | 17 June | Galway | 0-16 | Roscommon | 2-6 | Dr Hyde Park | Damien Comer | 4 | David Coldrick (Meath) | 18,864 |
| 2019 | 16 June | Roscommon | 1-13 | Galway | 0-12 | Pearse Stadium | Enda Smith | 4 | Barry Cassidy (Derry) | 17,639 |
| 2020 | 15 November | Mayo | 0-14 | Galway | 0-13 | Pearse Stadium | Aidan O'Shea | 1 | Sean Hurson (Tyrone) | 0 |
| 2021 | 25 July | Mayo | 2-14 | Galway | 2-8 | Croke Park | Aidan O'Shea | 6 | Conor Lane (Cork) | 18,000 |
| 2022 | 29 May | Galway | 2-19 | Roscommon | 2-16 | Pearse Stadium | Seán Kelly | 3 | Joe McQuillan (Cavan) | 21,419 |
| 2023 | 7 May | Galway | 2-20 | Sligo | 0-12 | MacHale Park | Seán Kelly | 14 | Brendan Cawley (Kildare) | 11,867 |
| 2024 | 5 May | Galway | 0-16 | Mayo | 0-15 | Pearse Stadium | Seán Kelly | 1 | David Gough (Meath) | 19,193 |